M&A Deal Summary

Fairchild Semiconductor International Acquires Intersil - Discrete Power Business

On January 22, 2001, Fairchild Semiconductor International acquired semiconductors company Intersil - Discrete Power Business from Intersil for 338M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Fairchild Semiconductor International’s 5th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Fairchild Semiconductor International’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Fairchild Semiconductor International’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Fairchild Semiconductor International’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2001-01-22
Target Intersil - Discrete Power Business
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Fairchild Semiconductor International
Sellers(s) Intersil
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 338M USD

Target

Intersil - Discrete Power Business

Milpitas, California, United States
Intersil - Discrete Power Business is a valuable range of discrete power patents.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Fairchild Semiconductor International

San Jose, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1959
Sector Semiconductors
Employees6,379
Revenue 1.4B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. is a designer, developer and manufacturer of logic, discrete, analog and non-volatile memory semiconductors.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 8
Sector (Semiconductors) 5 of 7
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 3
State (California) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 4 of 5
Year (2001) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-09-11 Kota Microcircuits

Loveland, Colorado, United States

Kota Microcircuits, Inc. is a designs and markets high-speed amplifiers and application specific standard products designed to push the curve regarding speed and power consumption.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-09-06 Impala Linear

San Jose,, California, United States

Impala Linear Corp. that designs analog power management semiconductors for hand-held devices.

Buy $6M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Intersil

Milpitas, California, United States
Category Company
Sector Semiconductors
Employees1,027
Revenue 521M USD (2016)
DESCRIPTION

Intersil Corp. is a provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions. The company's products form the building blocks of increasingly intelligent, mobile and power hungry electronics enabling advances in power management to improve efficiency and extend battery life. With a deep portfolio of intellectual property and a rich history of design and process innovation, Intersil is the trusted partner to leading companies in some of the world's largest markets, including the industrial and infrastructure, mobile computing, automotive and aerospace.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Semiconductors) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2001) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-05-29 No Wires Needed BV

Bilthoven, Netherlands

No Wires Needed BV is a provider of IEEE 802.11b-compliant wireless LAN (WLAN) technology and products, including innovative solutions for residential wireless-to-broadband gateways.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-03-20 Elantec Semiconductor

Milpitas, California, United States

Elantec, Milpitas, Calif., brings to the table experience in flat-panel-display devices and optical-storage ICs. Irvine, Calif.-based Intersil's strengths are in WLAN chipsets and power management devices. According to Williams and Beyer, the new company is positioned to capitalize on skyrocketing demand in four hot markets: recordable DVD , 802.11 WLAN, Pentium 4 power management, and flat-panel displays.

Buy $1.2B
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